I am biased, but I personally think the Dell XPS laptops are about as good as you can get for engineering school because they're built like brick shithouses, and have a decent amount of power for games heavy software loads.Īs you get into your higher level classes, you may find that some classes require you to remote in to a server to do your homework due to licensing restrictions or if it's really heavy software (Cadence, looking at you). I think Windows is the way for quality of life in engineering, but you can do it on a Mac. The only option was to either find a windows machine for your homework, or dual boot. I even had a prof that wrote his own software for his circuits homework (yes, it's even worse than it sounds) and he couldn't be arsed to port it to Mac despite half the class having Macbooks. I would have a partition for Windows ready at any given time because there are some softwares that just aren't available on MacOS.

For high port count switches there are dedicated controller ICs for this function. It's possible to complete an EE degree on a Mac, but it won't be pleasant at all times. Medium access control (MAC): The MAC is typically integrated into the processor of the device (FPGA, ASIC, MCU, or other component), or it may be present as a standalone controller.

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